UPDATE BELOW: An NYPD officer shot a man who might have "pulled out a toy gun" and "pointed it at police," according to police scanner dispatches. Details are still coming in, but multiple sources report that an officer opened fire at around 3:10 p.m. and struck a man at corner of Knapp Street and Avenue W, near P.S. 194 in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.
CBS says it's possible the "event stemmed from a firearm in the [school] building," however a P.S. 194 parent-coordinator told ABC that the incident did not involve students at the school, where dismissal on had taken place 30 minutes prior. According to police scanner dispatches, the shooting put the man—described in one item as a "kid"—in "traumatic arrest." He was reportedly pronounced dead on arrival at Coney Island Hospital, however ABC says the man is in serious condition. After the shooting, the scanner indicates that extra police were called in for "crowd control."
An employee at Innovative Office Products, which is located across the street from the scene of the shooting, told Gothamist that the man was shot three times after he refused to drop an object that appeared to be a gun. A police spokeswoman said she could not corroborate initial reports because she had not yet been briefed on the incident.
Update (5:13 pm): An NYPD spokeswoman told Gothamist that police responded to a 911 call alerting them of a man with a gun in a schoolyard. When police arrived, the 22-year-old man pointed a firearm at the officers. One of the cops fired three times, killing the man. The spokeswoman said she is trying to confirm if the man's gun was real.
Update (5:58 pm): The Daily News reports that the man killed by police was carrying an "imitation pistol." The 22-year-old reportedly pointed a silver gun inscribed with the words "Zebra-II" at uniformed officers. A cop from 61st Precinct who has been on the force for less than two years opened fire.
